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Amtrak derailment: Was train engineer distracted or impaired?

Investigators in the deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state are focused on speed and possible distractions for the engineer. They say he did not apply the emergency brakes, as the train approached a curve traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone. David Begnaud reports.
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